Birds

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Releasing the Silver Gull

The birds behind Room 23

A number of birds have appeared on Lost. There are various in-depth articles citing specific encounters, including:

Other birds

After Brian wouldn't pay attention to Walt's report on birds, a bird ran into the window. Brian seems to think Walt had something to do with it. Walt had been reading a page about the "Bronze Cuckoo". ("Special")
When Claire was visiting Carole Littleton, her mother, migratory birds are briefly visible on the television. ("Par Avion")
Birds can be heard several times throughout the series, usually preceding the arrival of The Monster.
Juliet showed Ben a pile of various dead birds outside of the Hydra building that contains Room 23, beneath a boarded up window. Walt was inside Room 23 at that time. ("Room 23")
In the Lost (non-canon) novelization Endangered Species, Faith Harrington records seeing an extinct Paradise Parrot on the Island. It is later revealed in the book that there is a group of the birds.

Birds Identified by Bird Calls

In the background of almost every Lost episode, various bird calls can be heard, providing a challenge of aural identification not for the faint of heart. However, these calls may be dismissed as "background-jungle noise;" the sound engineers and Foley artists of the Lost production crew almost certainly do not receive species-specific guidance from the writers. The list below stems purely from viewer (well, listener) curiosity and investigation:

wikipedia:Peafowl (Peacocks/Peahens), specifically Common Peafowl (Pavo cristatus), are an introduced bird prevalent in Hawaii, where Lost is filmed.
wikipedia:Loons
Doves - likely Spotted Doves or Zebra Doves, as these are the predominant dove species in areas of Hawaii where Lost is filmed.